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Mutations in GCK and HNF-1alpha explain the majority of cases with clinical diagnosis of MODY in Spain.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Oct 2007
Estalella Itziar, Rica Itxaso, Perez de Nanclares Guiomar, Bilbao Jose Ramon, Vazquez Jose Antonio, San Pedro Jose Ignacio, Busturia Maria Angeles, Castaño Luis
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to group patients with MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young) according to the genetic alterations underlying the disease and to investigate their clinical characteristics. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Molecular analysis of GCK (MODY2), HNF-1alpha (MODY3), HNF-4alpha (MODY1) and HNF-1beta (MODY5) genes was performed by DNA sequencing in 95 unrelated index probands (47M/48F; mean...
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